Ethical Guidance For COVID-19 Era

The conversion to working online carries a range of important ethical and professional considerations for psychologists across diverse workplace settings. Teaching, research, and professional service contexts have all experienced significant disruption and transition. This article addresses critical challenges associated with this transition and offers important recommendations and considerations for supporting effective operations during this time of transition.

Part of the APA Monitor's CE Corner article series.

New format: After reading the CE Corner article, you will be asked to complete a "Commitment-to-Change" (CTC) exercise. The CTC exercise is designed to help facilitate the translation of your learning into practice. Completion of the CTC is required prior to the completion of the CE Test based on the APA Monitor CE Corner article.

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• Describe the ethical considerations psychologists should consider in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• List several ways COVID-19 could affect practitioners, including competence, informed consent, confidentiality, and boundary issues.
• Describe several ways COVID-19 could affect researchers, including data collection, institutional review boards, and public health messaging issues.
• List several ways COVID-19 could affect educators, including instruction, evaluation, and equity issues.
• Describe several ways COVID-19 could affect applied psychologists, including forensic psychology, and industrial and organizational psychology issues.

Zara Abrams